A Pirates of the Caribbean superfan was so desperate to be like her idol Jack Sparrow she changed her name, got tattoos and had gold teeth put in.

Amanda Sparrow, whose surname was previously Large, has spent £4,000 on the major transformation to become Johnny Depp's character in the Disney film .

The mum-of-four only watched the movie , which came out in 2003, for the first time in January after her 13-year-old daughter said she looked like the pirate.

Before: Amanda, pictured prior to her transformation, has changed her surname to Sparrow by deed poll (Photo: SWNS)

Painful: She has also got three exact replica tattoos to those of Jack Sparrow in the movie (Photo: SWNS)

The 43-year-old, who now dresses like Jack Sparrow every day, said: "My daughter Carla Rose screamed in front of the TV - 'Mum you are so much like Jack Sparrow!' and I was like - 'who is Jack Sparrow'?

"I settled down to watch 15 minutes with her because it was on Sky and I was instantly hooked.

"The way he gets on with life, his freedom and his walk is so much like me in personality - I'm quite masculine and have that sense.

"The way he deals with things is identical to me. I just really related to him."

Amanda, who works part-time as a salesperson, has now set up a Jack Sparrow impersonator business off the back of her new look.

In character: Amanda now dresses as Captain Jack Sparrow for a living as she is an impersonator (Photo: SWNS)

Official: Amanda poses with her deed poll certificate after she formally had her surname changed from Large to Sparrow (Photo: SWNS)